Persistence of fetal memory into neonatal life

Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica

Volumn 85, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 1160-1164

  Gonzalez Gonzalez, N L ^a,c   Suarez, M N ^a   Perez Pinero B ^a   Armas, H ^a   Domenech, E ^a   Bartha, J L ^b  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO DE CANARIAS   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO PUERTA DEL MAR   (Spain)

^c NONE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Fetal behavior; Fetal habituation; Fetal learning; Fetal memory; Vibroacoustic stimulation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; FETUS; HABITUATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEARNING; MASTOID; MEMORY; NEWBORN; NEWBORN PERIOD; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMULATION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STUDENT T TEST; VIBRATION;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; FEMALE; FETUS; GESTATIONAL AGE; HABITUATION, PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGIC; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MEMORY; PREGNANCY;

EID: 33749328434     PISSN: 00016349     EISSN: 16000412     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00016340600855854     Document Type: Article

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